Fifteen years after Leroy Rivett had floated across the Wembley turf for four
tries in Leeds’s previous Challenge Cup triumph, Ryan Hall’s bulldozing
brace of touchdowns — a tour de force in every sense — was sufficient to
emulate his fellow Rhinos wing by winning the Lance Todd Trophy as man of
the match.

Unlike Rivett, a one-match wonder whose career went off the rails, Hall is a
grounded individual who shies away from the fans’ “WBW (World’s Best Wing)”
label, although he advanced his World’s Strongest Man credentials with two
tries that proved the crucial difference at Wembley on Saturday and